A-10 Thunderbolt II - 'Cyclone' over Iraq

KIRKUK, Iraq—A pilot in an A-10 Thunderbolt II drops a flare over here Nov. 17 during Operation Ivy Cyclone. The operation is a combined-arms operation designed to root out and crush insurgents in Iraq. The aircraft is from the 74th Fighter Squadron at Pope Air Force Base, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeffrey A. Wolfe)